目前，你市决定添加一批出租车，人们对此看法不一。请你根据以下提示信息，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文反映这一现象，并发表你的观点。
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同意的理由 |
目前的出租车辆太少；等待出租车需要的时间太长。 |
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反对的理由 |
会引起更严重的交通堵塞。 |
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你的观点 |
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I came across with an old man in rags the other day, he was begging for a living. To be frank, I didn’t know how I ought to give him some money. On the one hand, I am not born in a rich family. On the other hand, old as the man was, he was in good health. In most people’s opinion, he should be able to earn her living instead of be a beggar. All of us ought to help those who is really in need. However, what matters is that all the people should try to depend in themselves first. Therefore our society can be much harmonious, which is we all look forward to.
We often find many people are complaining about their work around us. It’s clear that we can not deal with the pressure caused by work at all. So how can we have a happy working day? __1___
Make yourself energetic every morning. It means you should not stay up too late. You should take a comfortable shower and go to bed before 22:00 every night. __2__
Keep smiling once you open your eyes. When getting up from your bed, you should always keep a smile on your face. __3___ And you can listen to some soft music you like with your headset on the way to yoru company.
___4__ Before you get down to work, you can make a list of the work that you are going to finish today. You will find out what are the most important things to do and what are the less important ones.
Improve your relationships in the office. Make a habit of saying hello actively to your colleagues, as a gesture of friendship. You will be happier if you can get along well with your colleagues and your life will go more smoothly.
___5__ The key is whether you have a possive attitude. The above are my suggestions. Hope they can help you to have a great day!
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A．In short, we create real happiness for ourselves. |
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B．In fact, it’s not so difficult if we can do as follows. |
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C．List out what you are going to do in the office today. |
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D．Therefore, we should stop complaining about our work. |
E. Say hello to your family members and friends on the road.
F. Have the right attitude towards work and the people around us.
G. Plenty of sleep is healthy and it can offer you a whole day’s energy.
Helen Thomas, born on August 4, 1920, is a famous news reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps. She served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI). She is called “First Lady of the Press”.
Born in Kentucky, Helen Thomas was raised in Detroit, Michigan where she attended public schools and later graduated from Wayne State University. Upon leaving college, Helen served as a copy girl in an old company in Washington. In 1943, Ms. Thomas joined United Press International and the Washington Press Corps. Thomas served as president of the Women’s National Press Club from 1959 to 1960.
In November, Helen began covering then President-elect John F. Kennedy, following him to the White House in January 1961 as a UPI correspondent. She later became White House Bureau Chief for UPI, where she was employed until her resignation on May 17, 2000. Thomas then became a White House correspondent and columnist.
Thomas was the only woman journalist traveling with then President Nixon to China in January, 1972. She has traveled around the world several times with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, during the course of which she covered every Economic Summit. The World Almanac has cited her as one of the 25 Most Influential Women in America.
On March 21, 2006, Thomas was called upon directly by President Bush for the first time in three years. Thomas asked Bush about Iraq. Helen Thomas has written four books and she is also a popular speaker at events nationwide.
1.What’s the correct order of the events?
a. Thomas joined the UPI and the Washington Press Corps.
b. Thomas traveled with President Nixon to China.
c. Thomas served as president of the Women’s National Press Club.
d. Thomas resigned.
e. Thomas was called upon by President Bush.
f. Thomas became a White House correspondent and a columnist.
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A．a, b, c, d, e, f |
B．a, c, b, d, f, e |
C．a, c, b, d, e, f |
D．a, d, e, f, c, b |
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．Thomas made speeches about events nationwide. |
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B．Thomas has written four books. |
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C．Thomas covered every Economic Summit when traveling with US presidents. |
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D．Thomas became a correspondent after she graduated from the university. |
3.From the passage, we can conclude that Thomas is a _____ woman.
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A．courageous |
B．ambitious |
C．successful |
D．stubborn |
4.After reading the passage it can be inferred that ___.
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A．Thomas worked in the White House for 57 years. |
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B．Thomas is the most influential woman in America |
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C．President Bush received Thomas once in his term. |
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D．Thomas has traveled around the world with Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. |
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
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A．The First Lady of the Press—Helen Thomas |
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B．A Successful News Reporter—Helen Thomas |
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C．Life Experience of Helen Thomas |
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D．Helen Thomas and Her Career |
To many basketball fans in Taiwan, the William Jones Cup or the Basketball Association may be their sweetest memory. But if you ask them, “What’s the hottest basketball event now?” There is the only answer: HBL, the High School Basketball League.
Founded in 1988, the HBLwas at first just a high school basketball tournament. After the Taipei School Sport Federation took charge in 1996 and renamed it HBL, everything changed. The Federation decided to co-operated with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer, and use its experience in marketing to promote the game.
The HBL started with 129 teams; today there are more than 250. no longer just of interest to the players, it’s now Taiwan’s biggest basketball event. Fellow students, alumni (男毕业生，男校友), and sports fans all over Taiwan cheer for their favorite teams. At last year’s finals, Taipei and Kaohsiung mayors came to cheer for their teams.
The HBL starts in September with qualifying and preliminary(预备的，初步的) rounds and continues through April of the following year, when the finals are held. Broadcasting the games on television has helped make the HBL a wildly popular event. It’s become the place to spot young basketball talent. Today’s HBL players are tomorrow’s professionals.
Recent HBL tournaments have been very competitive, with no one school taking the advantage. This wide-open quality of the tournament makes it more exciting. Everyone wants to see how this year’s games will come out. HBL fever just keeps getting hotter.
1.What is the hottest event in the eyes of most basketball fans in Taiwan?
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A．HBL |
B．The William Jones Cup |
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C．The Basketball Association |
D．NBA |
2.What was it that helped to make the High School Basketball League wildly popular to the public?
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A．The co-operation with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer. |
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B．Broadcasting the games on television. |
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C．Taipei and Kaohsiung mayors’ coming to cheer for their teams at last year’s finals. |
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D．Many tomorrow’s professionals’ joining. |
3.Why does the writer say“Recent HBL tournaments have been very competitive”?
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A．Because there isn’t a school taking the advantage. |
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B．Because HBL fever just keeps getting hotter. |
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C．Because it’s become the place to spot young basketball talent. |
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D．Because the Taipei School Sport Federation took charge of it. |
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
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A．Today’s Players---Tomorrow’s Professionals |
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B．The High School Basketball League of Taiwan |
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C．The Basketball Fans in Taiwan |
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D．HBL Fever---Just Keeping Getting Hotter |
5.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
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A．At first, the HBL was no more than a high school football ball tournament. |
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B．It was the successful co-operation with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer that changed everything of HBL. |
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C．Many of the mayors came to cheer for their teams during the event. |
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D．Everyone wants to see how the teams will come out to take part in the games. |
There are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach (途径，方法) though. If you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition, in travel and in life.
The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (尽管如此)，the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you are so wealthy that you have no monetary (货币的；钱的)limits.
The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn’t, I would have had a great time—somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included airfare and even the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.
I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned from Ecuador. The round-trip ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was only $256, because it was a courier (信使，通讯员) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car parts), and could only take carry-on luggage.
Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.
Being an opportunist means you’ll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you want—eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn’t dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiking on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures.
1.The underlined phrase “the best deals” in the first paragraph probably refers to ______.
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A．the best service |
B． the lowest price |
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C．the cheapest goods |
D． the best approaches |
2.The return tickets from his hometown to Quito cost the author ______.
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A．$128 |
B． $256 |
C． $207 |
D． $414 |
3.The last paragraph was to tell us how to ______.
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A．save money for minor adventures |
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B．cut down traveling costs. |
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C．deal with different situations |
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D．become opportunist travelers |
4.It’s suggested that the author _____.
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A．went hiking on El Altar |
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B．traveled with his wife in Ecuador |
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C．is an opportunist traveler |
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D．likes traveling around the world |
5.Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?
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A．Cheap Travel Secrets |
B． Travel Secrets |
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C．A Travel Opportunist |
D． Travel Tips |
